Public Service Announcement (PSA) About Climate Change (Higher Ed) part of Climate Education in an Age of Media:Use Student Media Production:Activities
Juliette Rooney-Varga, University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Producing a PSA is an ideal culminating project for an interdisciplinary course on climate change and related topics. The PSA assignment requires high-level synthesis of content and, through it, students learn first-hand about the challenges of communicating about climate change to a general audience in a compelling way. The assignment offers the opportunity for students to engage with the material, consider what they want society to understand or do, use creativity and twenty-first century technology and communication tools, and become empowered to enter societal discourse about climate change.

Video Mash-Up part of Climate Education in an Age of Media:Use Student Media Production:Activities
Juliette Rooney-Varga, University of Massachusetts-Lowell
Video mash-up projects are readily incorporated into science courses. They are information-dense, require little or no in-class time group work, do not require a production phase, and provide an effective jigsaw mechanism for students to learn from each other.

Quiz for Glacial Landforms part of Videos:Activities
David McConnell, North Carolina State University
This is a pdf of a quiz composed of five multiple choice questions and fill-in-the-blank questions about Glacial Landforms.

Sedimentation of Mud - Observation and Analysis part of Videos:Activities
Scott Brande, UAB
The process of mud settling in a graduated cylinder was filmed as a time lapse series over about 2 hours. Students observe and analyze the sedimentation process.

Quiz for What is an Aquifer? Video part of Videos:Activities
David McConnell, North Carolina State University
This is a pdf of a quiz composed of eight multiple choice questions.

Quiz for Continental Drift Video part of Videos:Activities
David McConnell, North Carolina State University
This is a pdf of a quiz composed of multiple choice and true/false questions.

Quiz for 8 Reasons for Complex Life on Earth part of Videos:Activities
David McConnell, North Carolina State University
This is a pdf of a quiz composed of multiple choice and True/False questions about the content of the 8 reasons for complex life on Earth video.

Quiz for Classifying Glaciers part of Videos:Activities
David McConnell, North Carolina State University
This is a pdf of a quiz composed of seven multiple choice and True/False questions linked to the Classifying Glaciers video.

Quiz for Defining Geology Video part of Videos:Activities
David McConnell, North Carolina State University
This is a pdf of a quiz composed of multiple choice and matching questions related to the content of the Defining Geology video.

Teaching Geoscience with Video Snips part of Videos:Activities
Scott Brande, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Video snips are short video segments of live footage of geologic processes (settling sand, cleaving minerals, or landslides) used to engage students, foster discussion, and stimulate higher order thinking skills. ...